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NA General Exam Procedures Midterm WS (MA Fall 2014)

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Define Subjective symptoms   only patient is aware  
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Define Objective symptoms   Patient and another person is aware of  
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Give examples of subjective symptoms   pain, nausea, ringing in ears, fever for 3 days  
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Give examples of Objective symptoms   Something someone sees, hears, smells: cough, odor  
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List 6 methods of physical examination   inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, mensuration, manipulation  
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What is Inspection   vision  
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What is palpation   touch, ex. enlarged organ  
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What is percussion   tapping, the way it sounds  
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What is auscultation and example   listening BP, heart  
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What is mensuration   measuring ex: babies head circumference  
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What is manipulation   movement  
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List rules of charting   black ink, pain scale for pain, use quotation marks for patients words, never scribble erase or use whiteout, correct error by drawing a line through it write error above and date and initial  
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know distance acuity procedure   snellen eye chart checking for myopia  
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what is the procedure for the Snellen Eye Chart   pt stands 20 ft away , do not squint, lean over, touch eye; start at line 3  
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How do you record results for the Snellen Eye Chart   2 mistakes, stop and record; 3 mistakes, go back to previous line and record those results  
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what increments do we record height ant weight procedure   1/4 increments  
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how many cm is in an inch   2.54  
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how many lb in a kg   2.2  
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how many inches in a foot   12  
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what is done in the lithotomy position   pelvic exam, rectal  
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what is done in the dorsal recumbent position   abdominal exam  
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what is the trendelenburg position used for   shock, hypotension  
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what is a fenestrated drape   drape with an opening so physician can see only the area he is working on.  
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when pain is CC   pain score, where, what kind, onset, duration, intermittent or constant, does anything relieve it (Positional)m is it associated with activity, taken meds for?, what meds and did they provide relief?  
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